I met a project manager like this on a client implementation a few years ago.
The client felt they needed 7 phases (requirements gathering, analysis, design etc. etc.) - this is for a SaaS product but whatever!
They also felt there were 8 business areas that each needed to be treated separately (support staff, retail, warehouse, etc. etc.).
So the day after we signed the contract I came in to find my inbox bulging with 56 (i.e. 7 x 8) two-hour meeting invites from the meeting terrorist. There was one for each combo of phase and business area - e.g. a two hour meeting for requirements gathering for the support staff area, another for design for the warehouse area, and so on. There were no delays between phases.
Untangling that shitfest did not start the project out on a good footing.
I met a project manager like this on a client implementation a few years ago.
The client felt they needed 7 phases (requirements gathering, analysis, design etc. etc.) - this is for a SaaS product but whatever!
They also felt there were 8 business areas that each needed to be treated separately (support staff, retail, warehouse, etc. etc.).
So the day after we signed the contract I came in to find my inbox bulging with 56 (i.e. 7 x 8) two-hour meeting invites from the meeting terrorist. There was one for each combo of phase and business area - e.g. a two hour meeting for requirements gathering for the support staff area, another for design for the warehouse area, and so on. There were no delays between phases.
Untangling that shitfest did not start the project out on a good footing.